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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Preserved Strawberries.

Preserved or canned strawberries
may be used in nearly all the recipes
given, and certainly there is no fruit
more worthy the housekeeper's skill in
preserving and canning than the straw
berry. These two processes are so
often COMPOUNDED in books and at
home that we will give the directions for
both methods. For canning or pre-
serving select the choicest fruit, which
should be thoroughly ripe and dry. Do
not use the berries which grow near
the ground and become so sandy that
they must be washed. For canned
strawberries take the fresh unwashed
fruit, and after hulling it place it in the
can, filling each can. Set the cans in
hot water and pour over them at once
light syrup. This is made by allow
ing cup of sugar to two of water for
each jar and boiling it for ten minutes
rapidly. AS soon as the strawberries
are covered with syrup screw on the
tops of the jars loosely without the rub
bers, and set them on wooden frame
in boiler of warm water. Put towels
between them to prevent knocking to-
gether while boiling. Cook the fruit
in this way for twenty minutes after
the water begins to boil. When done
remove each jar carefully, take off the
cover, put on the rubber, fill them up
to the top with fresh syrup and re-
place the covers, screwing them up as
tightly as possible. Tighten them again
when cold. For preserved strawberries
use three-quarters of pound of sugar
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Haying.

Now comes the hurry and rush of
having. 1t is not in itself such very
hard work, if carried on as other work
on the farm is done. But everything
tends toward hard work and hurry.
The farmer fully realizes the force of
the old adage, make hay while the
sun shines,' and when it looks like
having good weather every one is
anxious to get down all they can and
have it drying. Then when it is cut,
it must be crowded as fast as posi-
BILE, for the value in it is great and a
shower on it-or worse, long storm
coming on-will greatly detract from its
value or nearly ruin it. Again, the
grass ripens rapidly, and if left too long
loses value in that direction, becoming
woody and hard. So everything tends
to haste and hard work. But g is
not the life more than meat and the
body more than raiment," and health
of more consequence than little hay?
Yea, verify. Then, midst all the hurry
and drive, don't overdo. Be careful of
your eating and drinking, and avoid
being one added to the list of sun
strokes" for haying time is poor time
to stop for funerals, as queer neigh
Dor we once had used to say. Grass is
very forward this year, and in this part
of the state is heavier crop than for
years past, and much of it will be in
the barn this week. For the first time
since we began farming our hay is cut in
June. Many years we have not begun
until July. We would like to hear
from our brother farmers as to the
amount of their hay crop and the pros
pect for corn, potatoes and grains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Rose Propagation.

This may not be very troublesome to
the skilled, but many young and enthu-
siastic plant-growers find it so. 1t is
easy to induce granulation at the base
of cutting-what is termed g callus-
ing but this has nothing to do with
the formation of roots, Notwithstanding
the popular theory to the contrary. 1t
is true roots are very frequently emitted
from this spOngy mass, but the callus
is nothing more than an effort of ma
ture to protect the exposed wood with
new growth of bark. similarly to new
skin on wound. Partially ripened
wood before it becomes hard will sue
coed better than after it is fully matured.
1t may be placed in sand over brisk
moist heat, and in two or three weeks
will have begun forming. The quality
of sand is not particularly important so
far as it relates to roOt-formation, but
fine or dirty grade will furnish more
congenial home for the destructive
bench fungus. a coarse, sharp, gritty
sand affords much better drainage,
and is usually employed in all kinds of
propagation. The atmosphere of the
house is very important and should
never vary many degrees. Moisture in
the air should be constantly kept up by
sprinkling the floors &c dampening
down." as gardeners say. To insure
good " strike " the wood must be per-
fectly healthy, so that the most impor-
tant part of the entire operation is to
prevent any form of fungus from at
lacking the wood or foliage on the pa
rent plants. What is known as 50 black
spot on the leaf is sure forerunner
of failure with the cuttings. Water in
judiciously applied to the stock-plants,
or at the wrong hour of the day, will
frequently induce mildew, and this al
ways greatly lessons the chances for
success. If watered early in the morn
ing the surplus moisture will be evapo-
rated by evening, so that the air at
night will not induce large amount of
humidity, in the shape of drops of water,
to collect on the foliage and induce
what is known as the Sc damp" to de-
stroy them.-JoSiah Hopes, IN Ne'o
| York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

The seedsmen of the country, who
have a reputation to maintain, can take
care of the business well enough, and
more to the gardeners satisfaction. In
earlier days, before the seedsman's
business was so well established, it was
well enough while confined to its orig
inal purpose-the securing and testing
of foreign seeds and plants-but, grown
to its present general traffic in the most
common seeds, it is needless expense,
and, so far as our experience goes, a
fraud on the farmer in double sense
a useless expenditure and a disap-
pointment in results. Abolish the free
seed business, gentlemen of congress.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Let the Horses Grow.

" Using horses on the turf before
they are matured Injuries Them" said a
trotting man to reporter recently.
" On the running turf colts and fillies
are raced when two years old. This is
injurious in itself, but that is not all =,
for they must be trained when only a
year old, carrying riders on their backs,
while the ordeal of training is severe
and arduous. On the trotting courses
they do not begin so early, yet we have
phenomenal trotters that are only three
years old, and their number is increas-
ing. Unless breeders put an end to this
forcing process the time will come
when horse will be aged at seven or
eight years old, and instead of improve
ment being the result the step will be
backward. "-NeiC York Mail and Er-
OrpSS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
OyerwOrked Women.

The SANITARY Mogozine has the fol-
lowing sensible remarks concerning the
very prevalent tendency among Ameri-
can women to overwork themselves in
their desire to keep their homes in ir-
reproachable order: " Nothing is more
thoroughly mistaken than the idea that
a woman fulfills her duty by doing an
amount of work that is far beyond her
strength. She not only does not fulfill
her duty. but she most signally fails in
it, and the failure is truly deplorable.
There can be no sadder sight than that
of broken-down, overworked wife and
mother-a woman who is tired all her
life through. If the work of the house
hold cannot be accomplished by order,
system and moderate work, without
the necessity of wearing, heart-breaking
toll, without making life a tread-mill of
labor, then for the sake of humanity
let the work 60. Better to live in the
midst of disorder than that order should
be purchased at so high price-the
cost of health, strength, happiness and
all that makes existence endurable.
The woman who spends her life in
unnecessary labor is by this very labor
untitled for the higher duties of home,
She should be the haven of rest to which
both children and husband turn for
peace and refreshment. She should be
the careful, intelligent adviser and
guide of the one and the tender con-
tidant and helpmeet of the other. How
is it possible for woman exhausted in
body-and, as natural consequence, in
mind also-to perform either of these
offices? 1t is not possible. The con-
slant strain is too great. Nature gives
way beneath it. She loses health and
spirit and hopefulness, and, more than
all, her youth, the last thing that
woman should allow to slip from her;
for, no matter how old she is in years,
she should be young in heart and feel
ing, for the youth of age is sometimes
more attractive than youth itself. To
the overworked woman this green old
age is out of the question. Her dis
position is often ruined, her temper
soured, her very nature changed by the
burden which, too heavy to carry, is
only dragged along. Even her affec-
tons are blunted, and she becomes
merely machine-a woman without
the time to be womanly: a mother with
out the time to train and guide her
children; a wife without the time to
sympathize with and cheer her husband;
woman so overworked during the day
that when night comes her sole thought
and most intense longing are for the
rest and sleep that will probably not
come, and even if they should that she
is too tired to enjoy. Better by far let
everything go unfinished and live as
best she can than entail on herself and
family the curse of overwork."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
The Horse Remembers Kindness.

A very remarkable incident in the
history of the original Bush Messen-
ger" illustrates that though abuse may
seem to, it does not wholly destroy the
better nature, and that one touch of
kindness calls into life all the old vir-
tues. Years after he was sold Mr..
Bush determined to see his old favor
lite, whom he found kept in pasture
surrounded by a fence ten feet high,
through hole in which the food and
water were passed to " Messenger" as
if he were "a dangerous convict"
Mr.. Bush was warned not to enter the
enclosure for his very life, but he went
in and, unobserved, concealed himself
behind tree and whistled. With
neigh the grand old fellow came bound
ing across the field in search of the
aforementioned whistle. The horse
raced around the pasture, and when at
the height of his run Mr.. Bush exposed
himself, and whistled again, "Mes-
senger" wheeled and made directly for
him, while the outlookers trembled in
terror. But instead of seeking to kill
the horse came up gently and laid his
head over his old masters shoulder to
receive the customary caress. When
Mr. Bush's time for departure had
come he had proceeded but few
yards from the enclosure when there
was a crash and out " Messenger +"
came, bounding through the strong
bars. He followed his former owner
to the stable gently, where he was Sc
cured by strong ropes, and for long,
long distance upon the road homeward
Mr. Bush could hear the noble ami
NAL neighing, lashing the stall and
struggling to be free and follow. 1t is
a good thing for man to be master of
his horse, but to be master of his affec-
tions is an absolutely noble thing
! JValloce'S MOnHy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Concerning Cows.

A writer in Hoord'S Doiryman has a
suggestive paragraph concerning cows
to the effect that, from the practical
point of view, feed and care constitute
the leading consideration; 81 can
show to-day thoroughbred herds that
from want of care are no better than
scrubs, while, on the other hand, herd
that cost less money and numbering
fifty animals has made a great reputa-
ton for the owner. maintain that no
domestic animal has such a highly
sensitive and delicate organization as
the first-class dairy COW, and that the
typical animal has about the same
points in all milch breeds and can only
be distinguished by color and size.
This delicate organization would never
have been developed if the animal had
been neglected"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Gbe 9uusebolo.
Tightening the Burden.

Let me carry your pail, my dear,
trimming over with water"
Mo- I'll take hold and you take hold"
Answered the farmers daughter.
And she would have her own sweet way,
As her merry eyes grew brighter;
SO she took hold and he took hold
And 1t made the burden lighter.
And every day the oaken pail,
over the wel-curb slipping,
Was upward drawn by hands of Drawn,
Cool and so softly dripping
And every day the burden seemed
Lighter by being divided;
For he took hold and she took hold
BY the self-same spirit guided.
Till by and by they learned to love
And each trust In the other,
Till she for him, one twilight dim,
Left father and left mother.
The wedding bells were rung at morn,
The bridal blessing given,
And now the pair, without care,
Entered an earthly heaven.
When storm and sunshine mingled they
Would seldom trouble borrow
And when it came they met the same
with bright hope of tomorrow.
And now they're at the eve of life,
While the western skies grow brighter,
For she took hold and he took hold,
And it made the burden lighter.
M 4. Kidder, IN Ledge,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
I" Prince George

We have received from +. ID. Girls
void, Esq, of Orwell description of
the bull " Prince George lately added
to his herd, which will further improve
what is already an excellent lot of
dairy cows. Prince George" is by
/" Sir George" dam st. Clementaise, b"
and was imported by 7. 5. Cooper.
Both sire and dam were winners of
first prizes over all Jersey. We are
glad to see good stock come into the
state, of whatever breed it may be.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

A CORRESPONDENT of the Homestead
gives the following suggestions on how
to make the orchard profitable: "Two
seasons l fed the wind-fall apples to
mich cows and last season to my horses.
| am pleased with the change of re-
suits. | do not have so many wormy
apples as when bought the place, and
/ think that pays for the trouble of
picking where we cannot turn sheep or
hogs in to eat them up. i notice de-
cided improvement in the quality
where | pruned apple-trees. also
feel repaid for my fight with the worms
last spring"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

LEMON PIE.-The grated rind and
Juice of two lemons, to which add four
eggs Preserving the whites of two)
beaten with two cups of sugar and one
tablespoonful of butter. Then take
two tablespoonful of flour, mixed with
a little water; add to it cup of water
and stir into the other ingredients
The whites of two eggs beaten with
twelve tea-spoonfuls of sugar frosts the
tops. This makes two pies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

KEEP few sheep on the farm, if not
many. Wool will always bring cash at
some price, and it comes off when there
is little else to sell. Mutton always sells
well, and is always good for the table.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
advertisements.
100 Doses

one Dollar. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the only
medicine Of which this can be truly said
and IL is an unanswerable argument as to
the strength and positive economy of this
great medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla is made
OF roots, herbs, barks, etc, long and favorably
known for their power in purifying the blood (;
and in combination, proportion, and process,
hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar to Itself.
"For economy and comfort we use Hoods
Sarsaparia." MRS c. BREWSTER, Buffalo.
floods Sarsaparilla takes less time and
quantity to show its effect than any other
preparation ever heard Of l would not be
without it in the house." Mrs. c. A. NJ.
HUBBARD, North Chill, N. Y. 100 Doses
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

MoLAssEs GINGERBREAD. Two cup
fuls of molasses, with four table
spoonfuls of butter thoroughly stirred
in. To this add one cupful of flour and
two tea-spoonfuls of soda dissolved in
one cupful of milk. Dissolve one small
tea-spoonful of alum in half cupful
of boiling water and add to the other
ingredients; add one tablespoonful of
ginger. Flour to roll.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06

FAMILY dyes in order to be of value
must be pure, strong, quick of action
and easy to use. These qualities are
only to be had in the celebrated Dia-
mond Dyes, and it easily explains their
popularity. Thirty-two colors. Ten
cents each. At all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
NOTICE.

At the annual meeting of the trustees of Goddard
Seminary June 2lst, 1851, the committee ON the en-
dowment fund reported that the investment of said
fund remained as before-eght thousand dollars in
town bonds of Mount Tabor, VT, and two thousand
dollars in town bonds of Johnson, VI.
GEORGE w. TILDEN, secretary,
Barre, VT, June 2sth 1857
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
One Dollar

Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, salt
rheum, all humors, boils, pimples, general de-
bility, dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache.
catarrh, rheumatism, kidney and liver COM
plants, and all affections caused by impure
blood or low condition Of the system. Try 1t.
al was severely afflicted with scrofula and
for over year had two running sores on my
neck. / took FIVE bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
rlla, and consider myself entirely cured"
C. +. LovEJoy, Lowell, Mass.
floods Sarsaparilla did me an immense
amount of good. My whole system has been
built up and strengthened, my digestion i'm
proved and my head relieved OF the bad feel.
ing I consider it the best medicine have
ever used, and should not know how to do
without it." MARY L. PEBLE, Salem, Mass.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
agricultural.
o. M. TINKHAM, Editor,

NOTth W.
to whom all communications for the Agricultural and
the Household departments should he addressed
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04
covld1t Stand ne umbeolla.

He was u nice young man from Lansing.
Michigan. We shall not give his name for
fear Of hurting his feelings. We have more
Montana 10 a long ways from Michigan,
but there are days when the sun seems to
pour down its torrid rays in manner not
dissimilsr to the Peninsulnr State. This
young man figured that there WAS not much
difference in the sun between the two points.
but he got left in his calculations when it
came TO horses. He brought with him
nobby 81 silk umbrella. which he would
wear ON his overland trip from the rail-
road. It happened that his journey was
to be made on horseback, but this fact did
not seem to deter him from his purpose Of
using the sun shade. So, after ira yelling
some distance on an apparently mild man.
nered cayuse, and enduring the heat as
long as he could, he unsheathed the UNI
brella with infinite trust and composure
and shot the canopy to the sticking point.
But that was the only thing that did stick,
for he Immediately shot mp into the air un.
til he resenbled a miniature balloon. and
when he came down he looked like Prot.
Baldwin making a descent with para
chute. On reaching the ground he saw the
csyuse going like whirlwind towards the
British possessions. The young man has
come to the conclusion that q cowboy hat
is about the nearest approach to an UNI
brella that cayuse will stand. and he is
now studying the characteristics OF the
animal that etarted him 40 unceremon.
iously ON An aerial voyage.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

they may be able ~ prove
what h charged. There d . 0est
difference between 'round table stud
poker" and percentage stud poker" and
the Law recognizes the difference in the II.
cense tax for the two games. Had the
complaint read In the latter way
verdict Of guilty wouid have been soon re.
turned
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

StrAngcr-How old ia this town
Citizen--Four years old.
Stranger OF good churches and schools,
SUPPOSE
Citisen-Yes, sig.
Stranger-What terrible noise 10 that
hear?
Citizen-You acc, we are about to organ.
ise brass b
Stranger (interrapting)-A brass band?
just left a town down in Dakota on that
account. Guess l will 60 on. How far is
it to the next town?
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

A note OF hand against g. d. Richard for
SIS, payable to Frank Swanser, bearing
date Of May 25, 1856, or thereabout;
same note pa yable within six months. Said
note has been paid and is OF value only to
maker. Anyone finding note will greatly
favor both parties to same by returning it
to G. D. RICHARD.
Utica Mont
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04
$500 Reward.

The Board of County Commissioners Of
Fergus County offer the above reward for
an appliance which will ef5ectually destroy
prairie dogs and squirrels. Trials of APP
planes to be made by q committee APP
pointed by the Board. The Board reserves
The right to reject any and all appliances
The above reward stands until september
l, 1857. W. II KELLY,
Clerk OF Board.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

TEN YEARS AGO. IN
December 10th, 1873, The
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
was founded. 1t was the pio-
neer Of low-priced journalism
in the west. From the first
the controlling conviction of
it, managers has been that a
"cheap paper should be
cheap only in price; that its
news should be as fresh and
complete, its editorial discus
sion as able, and its general
tone and character as pure
and healthful as its best and
highest-priced contemporary
This has been its ideal. How
well it has succeeded in the
actual attainment Of so hieh
a standard is best evidenced
in the fact that it now rcgu-
larly prints and sells over
10000 papers a day,-a lar.
ger circulation than that Of all
other Chicago dailies COM
bined.
The CHICAGO DAILY
NEWS is an INDEPEND-
ENT newspaper. 1t is not
partisan. Neither is it a neu-
trail. 1t is a paper of positive.
opinion, expressed without fear
or favor. 1t seeks the patron
age Of people who love ccuu
Try more than party.
The CHICAGO DAILY
NEWS is the only 2 cent
paper in the west that is a
member Of the Associated
Press. 1t prints ALL THE NEWS.
Sold by all new. dealers at two cent. per copy
Mailed to sny address. postage p-epais. for sig
dolls.s per year. fo- shorter terri a. rate Of
efsy cents per month. Address Victor r. LAWSON.
Publisher The DAILY NEWS. Ias Fifth Ave,
CHICAGO, ILL.,
The CHICAGO WEEKLY
NEWS pages. s. columns
is tie .a.gesc dollar weekly
in America.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

At my ranch on Ross Fork, July 2sth,
1887, one light bay pony, about ID years
Old he has three white feet and stripe in
the face; both ears are split but no brands.
The owner can have the came by proving
property and paying for this notice.
d. S. HASTINGS.
Cbet, Montana
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

| will pay $40 reward for the delivery at
j. c. Walkers saw mill OF one light roam
gelding, three years old, branded fort flour
thus n on left shoulder, and hotel trian-
gle, thus on right shoulder
Address WARD c. STONE,
Cottonwood, NJ. T.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04
Notice..

hereby give notice that I own half in.
terest in all cattle bra nded w in judith,
Basin and that I shall the hold same un-
til parties claiming an interest prove their
claims by proper process. I hereby warn
all parties not to interfere with cattle
branded as above.
J. LINCOLN,
Lewistown, NJ. 4.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04

We are prepared TO negotiate long the
loaos On Improved :A.r.s - Fergus sou.ty.
For particulars apply &c
WALLACE, styles & TEoRHlcHcs,
Helena, Montana.
Or, RrpoLF voy ToBEL, JR.. Lswistown.
Re:ererce-Firr. Sa,ional Bank Hes.Aa
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-08-04
For Sale.

Fourteen hundred ewes. one and two
year old; also, six hundred OF this years
lambs. No. l sheep. highly bred. Parties
desiring to purchase or wanting inforina-
ton can address
4. b..
Care 81 FERGCs COUNTY ARGUS.